We spend an awful lot of time using social networks to keep up with people, discover news, and bring new functionality to our favorite apps, but they can get cluttered pretty quickly (not to mention destroy your privacy if you aren't careful). This weekend, take some time to clean up, organize, and re-privatize your Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ accounts.

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Once you've done that, it's time to delve into your privacy settings. Facebook's privacy settings are pretty much a clusterf**k these days, so check out our always up-to-date Facebook privacy guide for step-by-step info on combing all of the available settings for a perfectly customized experience. This should get you most of the way, though I'd also take a look at all your apps, revoking permissions for any app you don't use. For the ones you do use, make sure they aren't set to share stuff automatically to Facebook—Spotify is a prime example of this. Turn off any integration settings you don't want and you should be good to go. Photo by Rishi Bandopadhay.

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Tidy Up Your Twitter Stream

Twitter is a much simpler network. With such limited functionality, you're less likely to get annoyed with it directly, though its interface certainly has gotten a little bloated over the years. If you'd rather have something a bit prettier and more functional, a good desktop Twitter client is always the best way to customize your experience. Like Facebook, you should also regularly go through the list of people you follow and unfollow those that you don't particularly care about, to keep your stream a little tidier. You can also use Twitter's Lists feature to organize your followees as well. Next, you might want to clean up all those spam accounts following you, which you can do with previously mentionedNest Unclutterer. Lastly, if you're starting to get annoyed wading through the heap of narcissism on Twitter (or maybe you've become part of that heap yourself, check out our top 10 uses for Twitter that aren't self-indulgent. There are a lot more cool things you can do with the service than tell everyone what you had for breakfast.

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Organize Your Google+ Circles

Google+ is the youngest and least overused of the big three, but it isn't without its own issues. It is Google, after all, which means privacy should still be a concern. Check out our guide to Google+ privacy to see everything you can do to control your personal information, and like Facebook and Twitter, keep your circles well-groomed. Previously mentionedUncircle+ is a useful tool for unfollowing all those Google+ users that never say anything. And, if you're finally ready to make the full time switch to Google+ from Facebook, we have a guide for that too.